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Some Egyptian human rights activists Thursday hailed the country's new law regulating non-governmental organizations as a step forward, while others dismissed it as more of the same restrictive measures.

It amends Egypt's notorious law regulating local as well as international NGOs working in the country.

In 2017, Sisi signed into law a bill that imposed a plethora of restrictions on civil society organizations, including a possible prison penalty of up to five years.

Borai said Sisi's government felt obliged to revoke the old law due to pressures by local as well as foreign civil society organizations whose developmental as well as social activities were curtailed under the 2017 legislation.

Several Egyptian rights groups urged a U.N. agency to rule out Egypt as the host of its conference on torture because of the dismal human rights record.